Chapter 91 Player: Hehe, I can still gloat over other people’s misfortunes.

Chapter 91 Player: Hehe, I can still gloat over other people’s misfortunes.

"So you can talk to humans, too."

Bai Ye was not led by the nose by the t173 player who was finally willing to speak. Faced with a situation where no matter which option he chose, he would be a dead end. He folded his arms and leaned against the wall of the log cabin, and even revealed a smile that had disappeared since the end of the Huangquan Town incident.

【……oh? You look pretty happy? 】

"Of course I'm happy. After all, I've been chosen by you for such a long time, and this is the first time I've seen you willing to show up. If that's the case, does that mean..."

Bai Ye's voice suddenly lowered, and the boy's clear and clean voice suddenly became very low. His expression was cold, but his voice still contained a freezing smile.

"You didn't gain any benefit from the confrontation with the DM system, so you are so anxious that you have to show up in front of me in person?"

【……】

As Bai Ye expected, T173, who has always been confident and conceited and able to control the fate of others, did not speak, obviously because his sore spot was touched.

After a long time, the electronic device voice with full humanity sounded again: [What? Are you going to break our contract? A friendly reminder to you: you don’t have enough popularity now. The last transgression was enough for you to pay an unpayable price. 】

After the current situation was exposed, t173's voice no longer maintained its previous excessive arrogance, but instead became calmer.

[Bai Ye, my host... do you want to die? 】

t173 explained Bai Ye's predicament in a calm voice. What could it do even if Bai Ye saw through the confrontation between it and DM? As the host chosen by it, Bai Ye can do nothing as long as he has no popularity.

"Of course not. I just have one question."

Bai Ye gave a bitter smile, the boy's eyebrows showed a submissive arc, and even his voice became much lower. T173 did not say anything, he knew that this meant consent, so he continued to ask.

"Since you want to control me so much, why did you give me the popularity score, which is like a bug, so that I have the qualifications to break free from the script you requested?"

【……】

t173 fell silent again, and this time it was silent for a very long time, so long that the tour guide who was explaining things to the tourists not far below had finished his first round of explanations. The sunlight shining through the branches and leaves slightly shifted its angle, shining on the platform of the small house made of wooden boards, raising a ground full of golden fragments.

Just when Bai Ye thought it would not speak again, t173 opened its mouth and sneered. The ending tone of that sneer was exactly the same as Bai Ye's just now, comparable to the imitation of the devil apostle Thousand Faces.

[I know what you are thinking, Bai Ye, you are trying to confirm the extent of DM's influence on this machine. 】

Bai Ye narrowed his eyes. Although t173 had a threatening attitude, its words had already proved that the abnormal popularity value system was obviously derived from the DM system. The DM system was indeed slightly better than t173 to some extent, and it could even implant the "popularity value" setting into t173's system. Regardless of DM's purpose, it did help Bai Ye gain hope of reversing his fate in the last Huangquan Town incident.

[But if you are really stupid enough to think that the DM system is a better choice...]

The voice of t173 became choked, as if someone had disgusted it. It paused. Although it was a system machine, it was full of humanity.

[I can only say that you will get the most horrific ending in the world that is beyond human imagination. 】

Bai Ye raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "If I heard correctly, are you concerned about me now?"

The DM system has already torn its face with the Law Enforcement Bureau, and can even destroy the "Reunion" season rules and the rules of the Dionysus Space that it had previously promoted. It has no credibility at all. Only a fool would think that the DM system would be a better choice than t173.

After all, no matter what, T173 needs him to complete the role of "Wonder", and T173 has no choice but him as the best actor for the villain "Wonder".

t173 fell silent again, and this time the silence lasted even longer than the last time, giving people the illusion that it was Bai Ye who was at a disadvantage judging from the current situation, but t173 was the one being suppressed instead.

Bai Ye lazily leaned against the door panel and pressed on: "No matter what your purpose is in warning me, your humanity is really too abundant for a system. Let me think about it. There is no need for T173 to expose the side of being able to communicate freely now. The previous concealment was unnecessary. I guess you are not T173."

The smile on Bai Ye's face this time was genuine. He closed his eyes and let the slanting sunlight fall just in front of him: "Don't you think so?"

Player.

The guy hiding behind t173, who had chosen the most abstract option among countless abstract options, the one that would lead to his social death.

He is also the real culprit behind t173, manipulating the identity of "wonder", and may even be related to the creation of the so-called destiny script.

Bai Ye did not name anyone directly. Smart people know when to stop. Since the other party has given up hiding behind the scenes, it means that he is unaware of the current situation in the dark. The confrontation between t173 and DM has become so serious that the players have to come out in the open. He does not point out the other party's true identity, which also leaves room for maneuver in the negotiations between the two sides.

[…Oh, you are really smart.] 】

t173's humane voice was tinged with a smile, and he smiled very happily: [Since you have already realized it, I don't need to waste any more effort. Just choose your option. Out of sincerity, I will no longer help you make a choice. From now on, it will be entirely up to you to choose from the limited options. 】

Bai Ye's mouth twitched: "...So you always make choices for me?"

t173 smiled and said: [Do you think this 'game' only has three options at the plot anchor point? If I could give you a choice directly, there would be no need for me to be here right now. 】

Bai Ye's face suddenly darkened: "Thank you so much."

He couldn't imagine how devastated he would be if this bastard player had made the choice for him directly behind his back, and how much more of his dark history would be in the phones of Youyu, Linglan, and Shuise.

Then the identity of "wonder" is definitely confidential information that he must take to the grave and must not allow anyone else to know.

t173 did what he said. Red and blue interlaced pixels flashed in the air, and two other options soon emerged from the obscured options.

[Take the lily of the valley to the underworld] [Take the crystal skull, the token of the Ten Commandments, from the real "death"]

Bai Ye was silent for a moment, and chose the latter without any hesitation. Whether it was because of his mentality as Mrs. Root, a die-hard fan of the Squid Detective Agency, or as a friend of Lily of the Valley, he would never allow himself to become a threat to the three people in the detective agency.

[Oh, you are still so selfless. Just as I thought, you will only choose the fifth option in the end. However, the difference between these five options is just the difference in distance on the road of exploring destiny. The final results are the same. 】

The voice of t173 completely changed to one of gloating at the joke.

[Are you still expecting the DM system to rescue you this time? 】

The player cannot change the fateful script that has already been designed, but he can still watch the show, which is really annoying.

[You should put on your phantom thief skin, hahahaha——In order to complete the mission, you have no choice, all this is destined——]

Bai Ye unilaterally turned off the red and blue t173 panel. He took a deep breath and decided to temporarily put the mentality-troubling t173 behind him. There were still many problems in front of him, and he had no way of wasting time on verbal disputes with t173. For example, the visible connection between Lily of the Valley and the Demon King Mitlan, how to quickly find the Ten Commandments Meteorite to stop the crystallization caused by the birdcage in the sky above Skull Town from spreading further, and most importantly...

Bai Ye pulled the audio progress bar on his phone forward again. His eyes swept over the tour guide who was still introducing the tour to the tourists. The tour guide's voice was ups and downs, and it continued to overlap with the sound on the phone, which seemed particularly strange.

What is happening to the Tree House Tribe now? Why does a strange scene appear where time and space are anchored into a "video" and then played in a loop?

Before Youyu and the others returned to the agreed place, Bai Ye walked away from the hidden corner of the abandoned tree house, ready to look around for other clues, but as soon as he took a step, he heard a hidden commotion coming from below.

"Didn't you say it was already dealt with? Why did it become like this?"

A vague voice sighed, and the bitterness in the voice could not be ignored, as if the person had been working overtime for ten thousand years. Just by listening to the voice, Bai Ye could almost imagine how the other person was helplessly holding his forehead and sighing.

"No problem!" Another very familiar voice said frantically, "I placed the magic circle here according to your arrangement. Logically, this place should have become the gate to the underworld by now. How did it become like this now..."

The voice was too familiar. He and the members of the detective agency had heard it in Huangquan Town not long ago. Bai Ye quickly bent down and hid himself behind the tree house high up. He looked down through the gap between the log platforms.

Two demon apostles in black robes were seen standing behind the supporting pillars under the tree house platform. One of them was holding his forehead in agony, while the other one spread his hands in despair. Without looking at their faces, Bai Ye could recognize them from their backs as old acquaintances - the demon apostle Huo Gu.

Thinking of Huo Gu's performance in Huangquan Town, Bai Ye suddenly felt a little sympathy for the other demon apostle who partnered with Huo Gu.

Bai Ye narrowed his eyes and focused his gaze on another demon apostle for a few seconds. For some reason, this demon apostle also looked a little familiar to him.

"What do you think about the cube?" Huo Gu's voice was muffled, no longer as high-spirited as before.

Bai Ye’s eyes widened.

He never dreamed that the name of his colleague called out by Huo Gu was actually Fang Kuai.

The retired law enforcer and former leader who gave Faust a place to return to at the beginning under his pressure.

"Something has had an impact on the opening of the gate to the underworld."

The strange demon apostle...er, or cube, twitched his mouth and came to a conclusion: "The only power that can affect the gate to the underworld is the power that is also related to the gate to the underworld...maybe the girl from the detective agency."

Bai Ye pulled himself out of his shock after hearing this. He looked up alertly. He heard Huo Gu also asked the question he wanted to know: "? So powerful? Then tell me... who is Ling Lan?"

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